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Tribune News ServiceLudhiana, November 18The members of the Nationalist Justice Party launched an indefinite protest demanding the Bharat Ratna for martyrs, including Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Udham Singh and Chander Shekhar Azad. The party members sat on a dharna near the statue of martyrs at Jagraon Bridge today. Rashpal Singh Gill, president of the party, said the successive governments had been ignoring the martyrs since the country got independence. The party members also demanded that the photos of the martyrs must be displayed in the Parliament. Rashpal Singh said they would continue their protest to awake the Central and state governments..